Katrin Mayer-Barber

Katrin Mayer-Barber serves as an Earl Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator and Chief of the Inflammation & Innate Immunity Unit within the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology & Microbiology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. She additionally holds an Affiliate Faculty position at the School of Systems Biology.

Her research centers on Immunology and Microbiology, with specific expertise in Inflammation and Innate Immunity mechanisms. As unit chief, she leads investigations into host-pathogen interactions and immune dysregulation in infectious diseases, focusing on molecular pathways of innate immune responses.

Dr. Mayer-Barber's NIH position carries equivalent academic standing to an Assistant Professor rank in traditional university settings, reflecting her independent research leadership and tenure-track status within the federal research system.